Maurice Allen Bowyer, 82, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, at 9:20 AM Saturday, Dec. 21, 1968. He had been a patient there for two weeks and in failing health for a year and a half. Born Feb. 14, 1886, in Boonville, he had spend most of his life in Lafayette. Mr. Bowyer was a cabinetmaker and was last employed by Kessener Lumber Co. Before that, he had been self-employed.
Surviving are three sons, William M. Bowyer of Logansport, James E. Bowyer of rural Lafayette, and Frank E. Bowyer of rural Otterbein; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Carter, Mrs. Lawrence Haughn, Mrs. Myrtle Schaible, all of rural Lafayette, and Mrs. Lionel Johnson of Colburn; two sisters, Mrs. Maude G. Gerlach and Mrs. Jennie McCutcheon, both of Evansville; 25 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Service Dec. 24 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Joseph G. Wick officiating; internment Pittsburg Cemetery.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier, Sat 12/21/1968
Surviving are three sons, William M. Bowyer of Logansport, James E. Bowyer of rural Lafayette, and Frank E. Bowyer of rural Otterbein; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Carter, Mrs. Lawrence Haughn, Mrs. Myrtle Schaible, all of rural Lafayette, and Mrs. Lionel Johnson of Colburn; two sisters, Mrs. Maude G. Gerlach and Mrs. Jennie McCutcheon, both of Evansville; 25 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Service Dec. 24 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Joseph G. Wick officiating; internment Pittsburg Cemetery.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier, Sat 12/21/1968
Maurice Allen Bowyer, 82, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, at 9:20 AM Saturday, Dec. 21, 1968. He had been a patient there for two weeks and in failing health for a year and a half. Born Feb. 14, 1886, in Boonville, he had spend most of his life in Lafayette. Mr. Bowyer was a cabinetmaker and was last employed by Kessener Lumber Co. Before that, he had been self-employed.
Surviving are three sons, William M. Bowyer of Logansport, James E. Bowyer of rural Lafayette, and Frank E. Bowyer of rural Otterbein; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Carter, Mrs. Lawrence Haughn, Mrs. Myrtle Schaible, all of rural Lafayette, and Mrs. Lionel Johnson of Colburn; two sisters, Mrs. Maude G. Gerlach and Mrs. Jennie McCutcheon, both of Evansville; 25 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Service Dec. 24 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Joseph G. Wick officiating; internment Pittsburg Cemetery.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier, Sat 12/21/1968
Surviving are three sons, William M. Bowyer of Logansport, James E. Bowyer of rural Lafayette, and Frank E. Bowyer of rural Otterbein; four daughters, Mrs. Roy Carter, Mrs. Lawrence Haughn, Mrs. Myrtle Schaible, all of rural Lafayette, and Mrs. Lionel Johnson of Colburn; two sisters, Mrs. Maude G. Gerlach and Mrs. Jennie McCutcheon, both of Evansville; 25 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Service Dec. 24 at Hippensteel Chapel, the Rev. Joseph G. Wick officiating; internment Pittsburg Cemetery.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier, Sat 12/21/1968
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